Improvement in coffee-cleaners and polishers



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%and %tam -atwt @Wim Letters Patent No. 99,215, dated January 25, 1870.

, IMPROVBMENT IN coFrna-cnanins AND POLISEERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letter Patent and making part of the same .To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, H. G. Locxwoon, 'of Baltimore, in the county of Ba ltimore, and State of Maryland,

have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Coffee-'Cleaners-and Polishers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, and to the Ietters and figures of reference'marked thereon.

Figure 1, of the drawings, is an external View of my cylinder Figure 2' is a view of a longitndinal section or lower half of my deviee; and

Figure 3`is a vertical section thereof.

My inventiou relates to 'means for cleaning and polishing cofi'ee; and

Itconsists in a novel arrangement of devices intended to serve as an effective apparatus for the purpose mentioned.

` A, of the drawiugs, represents a wooden cylinder, with small apert-nres cut nsually in' a longitudinal' direetion, and lined with tough raw hide, through which are corresponding apertures. This cylinder is formed in two Sections, as shown, in one of which' are small doors a, through which cofi'ee is passed in and out at will.

B represents a metallic shaft, having its bearings in the ends of eylinder A, and having disks c for holding the bars d, hereinafter mentioned,'and drum g, to receive the band from the motor.

The letter h indicates a drum, for hand, upon cylinder A, by which said cylinder is operated.

The letters d represent longitudinal bars, firmly attached to the disks of cylinderA, as shown, and 'i are plates or ears, respectively attached to said bars, for the purpose of holding the rods m next mentioned.

The let-ters m represent rods, that are passed through and made secure in the ears i, and around which, respectively, is coiled the series of Springs marked o, one end of said Springs being' made fast in a bar, d, and the other attached to one of thewings W. I

The wings \V are constructed of Wood, with' their outer surface .covered with -raw hide, and having a series of wooden pins, marked r and s, respectively,

near each edge.

The pins s are short, while the pins 7* have greater length, and when on duty each is made to' pass closely upon the raw-hide lining of the cylinder.

The Springs o serve as hinges for these wings, as

Well as Springs.

In actuating my devibe, one band is passed over the `drum h, and another over the drum g, by means of which both the cylinder and shaft are rotated in the same direction, but the drum g being made about onefourth smaller than the drum 'h, the shaft is given about forty revolutions, to thirty of the oylinder.

The cofi'ee is placed in the cylinder, and agitated by the pins on the wings until it is thoroughly cleaned and polished, the dirt and furze in the mean time passing out through 'the small apertures in said cylinder.

What I 'claim as myinvention, is-

1. The Springs o, in conhination with the wings W',

when constructed and arranged to operate substantiallyas and for the purposes specified.

' 2. The coffee-cleanin g and polisling apparatusherein described, having cylinder A, shaft B, Springs o, and wings'VV, when constructed and arranged to operate suhstantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two witnesses.

H. C. LOOKWOOD. Witnesses:

D. D. KAKE, E. W. ANDERSON. 

